Surgical treatment of Eagle’s Syndrome through intraoral access: a case report and literature review

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Rodrigo Cristhian Avelino Bezerra
Jonas Nogueira Ferreira Maciel Gusmão
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7608-1212
Bruno Frota Amora Silva
Rodrigo Lemos Alves
Eliardo Silveira Santos
Roberto Dias Rêgo

Abstract

The styloid process is a bone projection that originates in the tympanic portion of the temporal bone. The enlongation of the styloid process, or the ossification of the styloid process, can originate a series of symptoms such as dysphagia, odynophagia, facial pain, otalgia, headache, tinnitus and trismus, establishing the clinical picture of Eagle Syndrome. In this report, we present an important clinical case of adult patient diagnosed with Eagle’s Syndrome who underwent surgery for reduction of the enlongated styloid process, by intraoral approach, added to a literature review study.

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Bezerra, R. C. A. ., Gusmão, J. N. F. M., Silva, B. F. A. ., Alves, R. L. ., Santos, E. S., & Rêgo, R. D. (2021). Surgical treatment of Eagle’s Syndrome through intraoral access: a case report and literature review. Brazilian Journal of Case Reports, 1(1), 15–21. https://doi.org/10.52600/2763-583X.bjcr.2021.1.1.15-21
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Rodrigo Cristhian Avelino Bezerra, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, HGF, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Jonas Nogueira Ferreira Maciel Gusmão, Federal University of Ceara

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, HGF, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Master degree in Morphofunctional Sciences at the Postgraduate Program in Morphofunctional Sciences. Department of Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

Bruno Frota Amora Silva, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, HGF, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Rodrigo Lemos Alves, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, HGF, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Eliardo Silveira Santos, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, HGF, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Roberto Dias Rêgo, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, HGF, Fortaleza, Brazil.

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